filipino films

Filmmaker Isabel Sandoval’s movie “Lingua Franca” was one of the movies celebrated at Frameline Film Festival’s pride showcase this past weekend. Born and raised in Cebu, the writer-director-actress graduated summa cum laude in college and pursued...

It’s documentary by a young undocumented immigrant, which highlights the dire situation of those without legal status in America, focusing on the lack of healthcare access. Cover/Age, produced by the California Immigration Policy Center and written...

Quezon’s Game is the extraordinary true story of how former Philippine President Manuel Quezon, played by Raymond Bagatsing, risked everything to rescue more than 1,200 Jews from the Nazi regime. The film received a Texas-sized welcome...

It’s a remarkable story of survival and heroism that not many people knew about — and now the story that took place decades ago is hitting U.S. theaters this week, in Quezon’s Game, starring Raymond Bagatsing...

LOS ANGELES — It’s a remarkable story of survival and heroism that not many people knew about — and now the story that took place decades ago — is hitting U.S. theaters this week. Quezon’s Game,...

Sundance features film following Maria Ressa’s fight for truth and democracy By Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau SALT LAKE CITY — A film that follows a Philippine journalist’s fight for press freedom premiered at...

“Quezon’s Game” is a film that speaks volumes about courage. The central figure here is our Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon, wonderfully played by Raymond Bagatsing. Matching Bagatsing wit by wit is Rachel Alejandro as Quezon’s...

Raymund Ribay Gutierrez attended the Golden Globe Awards last weekend for the first time, bearing great news. He is now represented by a Hollywood agent, which he secured after winning the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize at...

TEMPE, AZ — The first Asian International Film Festival Arizona, or AIFFA, made its way to the blue carpet of the Pollack Theatre in Tempe with the theme, “Bridging the World Through Asian Cinemas.” A total of...

NEW YORK — Emmy-winning director Lauren Greenfield’s latest documentary on Showtime, The Kingmaker, goes beyond the Philippines’ former first lady Imelda Marcos’ infamous 3000 pairs of shoes. It reveals how the former beauty queen of Tacloban...